Love those coiled supports as per last weeks GW. A friend bought 10 from
Malvern and they are brilliant at supporting stuff, not too "in your
face" but she can't read the suppliers details so I am trying to find
out where to get them from. Anyone know?

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 28/06/2010 17:04, Janet Tweedy wrote:
Love those coiled supports as per last weeks GW. A friend bought 10 from
Malvern and they are brilliant at supporting stuff, not too "in your
face" but she can't read the suppliers details so I am trying to find
out where to get them from. Anyone know?

Janet

http://www.leanderplantsupports.co.uk/rusted-iron.html

Jill

On 28/06/2010 17:04, Janet Tweedy wrote:
Love those coiled supports as per last weeks GW. A friend bought 10 from
Malvern and they are brilliant at supporting stuff, not too "in your
face" but she can't read the suppliers details so I am trying to find
out where to get them from. Anyone know?

Janet


I bought an interesting collection of supports, foresters rings, spirals
and squiggles from a firm called Dr. Growgood. They have lasted well so
far (roughly 10 years). I've also seen them at Hampton Court Flower
Show, so they may visit one of the bigger shows in your area.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

In article , Jill Bell
writes
On 28/06/2010 17:04, Janet Tweedy wrote:
Love those coiled supports as per last weeks GW. A friend bought 10 from
Malvern and they are brilliant at supporting stuff, not too "in your
face" but she can't read the suppliers details so I am trying to find
out where to get them from. Anyone know?

Janet

http://www.leanderplantsupports.co.uk/rusted-iron.html

Jill


No not them Jill, these are like collapsed spirals that you pull up and
twist the plants into the circle.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Jake
writes
The last is the most expensive but offeres free shipping so if you
only want one pack, might be a good bet.

The manufacturer's website is at:

http://www.babyllon.co.uk

But they're the most expensive of all (though they have the other type
that's a spiral support rather than a climbing plant one).

Cheers

John


No these were like the above but didn't have the stand on them. They
could be put round the plant even when it had grown. Carol Klein showed
us how to use them on the programme.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Spider
writes
I bought an interesting collection of supports, foresters rings,
spirals and squiggles from a firm called Dr. Growgood. They have
lasted well so far (roughly 10 years). I've also seen them at Hampton
Court Flower Show, so they may visit one of the bigger shows in your area.


Thanks Spider, these are like wire made into a coil which you pull up as
high as you want and then ease the plant stems into the coils. Brilliant
idea and good for lots of plants but nothing on the BBC site or
elsewhere. V. Strange as they must be ,made and sold by someone.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:04:10 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

Love those coiled supports as per last weeks GW. A friend bought 10 from
Malvern and they are brilliant at supporting stuff, not too "in your
face" but she can't read the suppliers details so I am trying to find
out where to get them from. Anyone know?

Janet

Yes Janet, I saw that item and wondered where to get some. They sound
excellent. Sorry I don't know where to get them but will watch this
thread with interest!

Pam in Bristol

In article , Pam Moore
writes
Yes Janet, I saw that item and wondered where to get some. They sound
excellent. Sorry I don't know where to get them but will watch this
thread with interest!

Pam in Bristol


Annoyingly I can see it on Iplayer, its 26 minutes into the programme
and it said they were 19 pounds for 4 spirals but I can't get my speaker
to work properly so can't find out the makers!
Looking at it again there might just have been a small stand in which
the spiral are placed so i will go back to the reference Spider made and
look at the details again!

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Jake
writes
The last is the most expensive but offeres free shipping so if you
only want one pack, might be a good bet.

The manufacturer's website is at:

http://www.babyllon.co.uk

But they're the most expensive of all (though they have the other type
that's a spiral support rather than a climbing plant one).

Cheers

John


Aha I think I've found them, Not only that they are cheaper!

http://www.gardening-naturally.com/a...lant_Support.h
tml

They say that these are used for climbing plants and also for others.
When carol Klein used them it was on perennials and she just eased the
stems into the spirals. Think I'll treat myself to 1 box and report
back. Thanks for all the replies!

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Pam Moore
writes
Yes Janet, I saw that item and wondered where to get some. They sound
excellent. Sorry I don't know where to get them but will watch this
thread with interest!

Pam in Bristol


Now look what's happened I found the Gardening naturally site and just
had to order both types of plant spirals and then i thought the
hortibottle idea for watering was good and then I looked at some other
stuff ..........................
sigh, I'll have to do a lot of gardens to pay for it all now
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 28 June, 22:13, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Pam Moore
writes

Yes Janet, I saw that item and wondered where to get some. *They sound
excellent. *Sorry I don't know where to get them but will watch this
thread with interest!

Pam in Bristol

Now look what's happened I found the Gardening naturally site and just
had to order both types of plant spirals and then i thought the
hortibottle idea for watering was good and then I looked at some other
stuff ..........................
sigh, I'll have to do a lot of gardens to pay for it all now
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraphhttp://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

I was looking at the bit on I player
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...010_2011_Live/
as you say 26 mins in..
It's just a spiral and in the centre the wire bends through 90 degrees
and fits into a tube.
You could make the same and put the end into a bambo cane.
David Hill

On 28/06/2010 21:24, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Spider
writes
I bought an interesting collection of supports, foresters rings,
spirals and squiggles from a firm called Dr. Growgood. They have
lasted well so far (roughly 10 years). I've also seen them at Hampton
Court Flower Show, so they may visit one of the bigger shows in your
area.


Thanks Spider, these are like wire made into a coil which you pull up as
high as you want and then ease the plant stems into the coils. Brilliant
idea and good for lots of plants but nothing on the BBC site or
elsewhere. V. Strange as they must be ,made and sold by someone.


Just a quick thought before I toddle off to bed .... why not try the BBC
GW website and see if it's mentioned/advertised? It might turn
something up.

'Night all.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

In article , Spider
writes
Just a quick thought before I toddle off to bed .... why not try the
BBC GW website and see if it's mentioned/advertised? It might turn
something up.


That was my first port of call Spider. Nothing there at all!
Thanks anyway
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article
,
Dave Hill writes
It's just a spiral and in the centre the wire bends through 90 degrees
and fits into a tube.
You could make the same and put the end into a bambo cane.

Clearly you are more adept at stuff like that than I!
No way could I make a half decent spiral
I liked the idea because you can rescue the plants that haven't been
supported but should have been (generally the case in my garden)
I also like the way they can sort of splay out rather than be held
rigid.

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk